HyperDic: sphenoidal_fontanel

English > 1 sense of the expression sphenoidal fontanel:
NOUNbodysphenoidal fontanel, sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoid fontanel, sphenoidal fontanellethe irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet / meet
English > sphenoidal fontanel: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningThe irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet / meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified.
Synonymssphenoid fontanelle, sphenoid fontanel, sphenoidal fontanelle
Broaderfontanelle, fontanel, soft spotAny membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
Spanishfontanela esfenoidal

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict